Shrubs or subshrubs, rounded and somewhat compact, 2-5 × 3-6(-10) dm, thinly floccose or glabrous, yellowish green. Aerial flowering stems usually glabrous. Leaf blades linear or linear-oblanceolate, 0.6-1 × 0.05-0.2 cm, thinly tomentose to subglabrous and light green abaxially, subglabrous or glabrous and green adaxially, margins tightly revolute. Inflorescences mostly capitate; branches glabrous. Involucres turbinate-campanulate, 2-3 × 2-3 mm, glabrous or subglabrous. Perianths glabrous or infrequently thinly pubescent. 2n = 40.